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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
The Launch Pad emerged from the Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program.
According to INL, projects selected include reactor development and nuclear fuel cycle advancements, including fabrication, enrichment, and conversion technologies.
Takuji Oda, Yasuhisa Oya, Kenji Okuno, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 54 | Number 2 | August 2008 | Pages 537-540
Technical Paper | Materials Interactions | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-A1872
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A code to model permeation behavior of hydrogen isotopes through bcc Fe was developed by means of a Monte Carlo technique. This code enables correlation of atomic-scale information such as diffusion barrier or adsorption energy with macroscopic quantities such as solubility or permeability. Model parameters were derived from results of ab initio calculations in density function theory. To validate the code, both temperaturedependent permeability and pressure-dependent solubility for hydrogen were evaluated. Simulation results provided reasonable permeability and solubility compared with experimental data, and adequately showed their temperature/pressure dependence.